Summary: Neighbor snitched, undercover cop shows up... Dude got busted for having 300 guns. Some of which were illegal. Now, they were only illegal since he did not have the required permit to own a handgun. Oh... And worst of all, ready for this, he lived around the corner from.... a High School.

In the end I'm betting everything was purchased legally. However, I can't believe the knucklehead didn't immediately shred his business card when his FFL expired, but chose to "maintain it" by leaving is sitting somewhere in his house. Really "scary" having so many weapons, but only two index fingers. The article had everything...lots of guns, thousands of rounds of ammo, schools, expired FFL, business cards with an expired license number (need disappearing ink next time)...

I'm just glad they haven't discovered how many pens I own. Too scary to even talk about.

You don't even want to guess how many pairs of shoes or purses my wife owns. "You only have two feet/arms, why do you NEED so many?"

It's scary, at least for my bank account.

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Uh, this moron does not make us look good.
Illegal guns stashed all over the house, presumably not secured...
Expired FFL...
No license...

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Uh, this moron does not make us look good.
Illegal guns stashed all over the house, presumably not secured...
Expired FFL...
No license...

Where he chooses to store his guns isn't really any of my own business, so no comment to the stashing part.

Expired FFL license? Another who cares unless they can prove he was illegally buying and selling weapons, in which case that's a different can 'o worms.

The only "illegal weapons" according to the article were the 85 pistols, which were only illegal because he didn't have a pistol license?! Needing a license to own a weapon in your own home? Seems illegal to me.

The day Kali tries to say I need a license to keep my private property (guns) in my own private home, I'm outta here.

"illegal handguns." I'm sorry. The government doesn't get to "permit" me to have a handgun in my own house. I do think he should have gone through with the process of obtaining the proper permits and everything, but I'm not going to hold that against him.

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"Then there are sheepdogs. The sheepdogs are the bastions of safety. The sheepdog lives solely to protect the flock and confront the wolf. They live for the opportunity to be called to duty to protect the innocent. The sheepdog has fangs and the propensity for violence but hopes that he will not have to resort to it. However, he lives for that day when he will be able to use his warrior skills and mindset to keep the wolf from harming the sheep."

Wish they put forth as much effort to catch the known criminals, but they might shoot back.....we are teetering on the edge of a very slippy slope. I feel more of a sadness for my kids than anger on my behalf.

This is exactly why I keep my mouth shut about my guns outside of my family (and VERY close friends).

If you can help it, trust no one. If you must trust somebody, keep it under the amount of fingers on both of your hands...

I am with you. I made the mistake of telling a coworker about my passion for guns. Now I get Called Rambo. Also, I feel like it can be used against me if I ever got into a confrontation witty a coworker. Not that I'm violent or confrontational, but I always watch myself when I have to "let the shark out" at work.

Another point, everyone I work with believes that all ar15's are full auto. I then need to define semi auto, and it's function to them.

How many guns does a collector need?
Just one more.
Obviously the old fella couldn't afford
His license, he had his eye on this old 1911...
And don't we have something like a license called the handgun safety certificate? I mean it looks like one...

I couldn't tell from the article, but did the cops even have a warrant? I suppose with the way New York is these days that the word from the snitch would have been enough to get a rubber stamp, but still.

truly ****en tragic! this old man is treated like a common criminal just for not having a permission slip from the state to Keep and Bear Arms. as for the neighbor, one thing i really ****en hate is a snitch,brownozzen do-gooder.if i said what i hope happens to him i would be banned.

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I bet the snitch wanted to buy a gun from him, and they guy told him he couldn't because his FFL was expired.

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There is no justification for the public servant police to be more heavily armed than the law-abiding public they serve...Unless...the government's intention is to be more powerful than the people.

Ex post facto, I wonder how many of us, in various states like here in Cali, are going to find ourselves on the other side of the law?

Once they get rid of guns, they'll go after steak knives. Register or face prison. If you have a steak knife over a certain length with a sharpness factor over "x" you are a criminal. You may not have over 4 steak knives in a home. Plastic knives become illegal because they are not "green".